Burrow scores the first try in that 2011 Grand Final victory Chris Brunskill/Getty ImagesThe 2011 Super League Grand Final belonged to Rob Burrow — and it’s one I’ll never forget: because of his brilliance on the pitch and the spine-tingling commentary of my late friend and BBC 5 Live commentator David Oates. The Leeds Rhinos half-back/hooker had scored one stunning individual try in the first half when he broke open the game again. Every October when the final ticks round again I listen to the game’s key moment described so eloquently by “Oatesy,” who passed away aged 50 in February 2013. “Here goes Burrow again, Burrow over the halfway line, that’s brilliant from Burrow, it’s a show and go and then he carries on, plays the ball down the line to Ryan Hall and Hall is in, in…

Source: The Times December 20, 2019 12:00 UTC